A scene in the official teaser shows Thor leaving the fight as the Guardians of the Galaxy charge on. What's funny here is the implication that he arrived, made a dramatic entrance, and then just left the Guardians to fight on their own.
In the "Team" Trailer, Toothgnasher and Toothgrinder spend most of their screentime screaming in reference to the "Screaming Goat" meme.
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Korg tells Thor's story to a group of people, and we see a flashback to baby Thor being strapped to Frigga during a battle, wielding a wooden hammer. His narration of how Thor has lost many people also depicts the death of the Warriors Three...except Korg doesn't even know their names, just vaguely referring to them as "that guy", cementing their status as the least respected members of Thor's supporting cast in-universe and out.
Korg also laments that Thor lost his brother (with footage from the first movie)... then lost his brother again (footage from The Dark World) ... and then lost him again! (Finally, Infinity War).
The sequence also has Korg recalling some of Thor's romantic encounters, where Thor makes out with a wolf-woman (played by Hemsworth's wife Elsa Pataky), while sitting on the back of a female wolf.
Korg states that Thor went from "Dad bod" to "God bod".
Thor uses Stormbreaker as a broomstick to fly back and help out the Guardians in the battle. By the time he arrives, strolling through the battle like he's getting to start a shift at a 9-5 job, the battle is in full swing and everyone is fighting for their lives.
Rocket:[still shooting] You said that this was gonna be a relaxing holiday! Thor: I said that this was gonna be like a relaxing holiday. [gestures to the sky] Where else will you see such a beautiful vista?
Thor gives a rousing speech to the defenders while standing out of cover, completely ignoring the shot that burns a hole in his cloak.
When Thor goes into meditation, he places Stormbreaker's handle in the dirt. Apparently, some period of time has passed as when Thor pulls the axe out, there are roots growing out of the handle.
Star-Lord mouths Thor's speech in sync as well. Seems Thor has been giving the same speech over and over.
Thor dramatically throws off his jacket in the middle of battle, earning an exasperated look from Star-Lord.
The cloak ends up flying into the face of the alien king.
Thor gives a Shout-Out to Jean Claude van Damme's ridiculous splits in the opening battle, with Quill appropriately rolling his eyes at it, followed by a shot of Drax looking unimpressed, while in the background, Nebula is throwing her head up in exasperation.
After saving the alien planet alongside the Guardians — and destroying their temple — the aliens gift Thor two deafeningly loud giant screaming goats. It's implied that the alien leader, who is noticeably unhappy with Thor for destroying their place of worship, knew that this gift would make Thor's life difficult, with the goats then shown causing havoc on the Guardians' ship.
King Yakan: No backsies!
Nebula, annoyed with the goats, wanted to sacrifice them. Even better, Mantis of all people agrees with her. (Even better-er, a moment before she was laughing at the goats, but after one of them kicked a table toward her, the minute Nebula suggests killing them, she grabs a gun. Mantis turns fast.)
Thor tries to apologize for the temple, only for the king to repeatedly tell him not to talk about the temple because it's making him sad and mad.
Even better is that fact that ultimately Thor liked the goats and they proved useful to his quest. King Yakan's (implied) attempt to humiliate him has completely failed. And Thor never knew his intentions!
When Yakan arrives to give him the goats, he refers to him as "God of Disaster".
When he leaves the Guardians, Thor's "gift" to Star-Lord is the Guardians' ship, which Star-Lord already owns. Star-Lord can only look on in bafflement as Thor makes a show of praising the ship's qualities and dramatically handing it over to Quill.
The weird noises and faces Mantis makes while trying to calm down the screaming goats.
The goats Toothgrinder and Toothgnasher never shut up... except when Thor says they could make good meat in case he gets stranded. And that's a concept from Norse myth: Thor would kill his goats, eat them, and resurrect them.
Thor: If nothing else, they'll be good for meat! Goats:[immediately stop screaming and stare at him] Thor: ...meeting new people. They're a good conversation starter!
Kraglin offers up a large number of laughs in the few minutes he's on screen.
He's still struggling with Yondu's arrow despite having it for ten years. In the opening montage, he accidentally makes it fly up his nose and screams in pain.
Quill apparently forgot that Kraglin's been with them the whole time and is shocked when he pops up on the ship.
Kraglin somehow married a local while the Guardians were fighting a pitched battle. And Quill notes that he's married locals on nearly every planet they've stopped on. Judging by the dialogue, Kraglin is going through something.
Peter: What have we said about jumping into new relationships? Kraglin: Don't do it?
Nebula just being the Blue Meanie she is, with her one line being a declaration that she's going to kill the screaming goats. Thor says his departure will be hard for the crew, just before a furious Nebula barges past him and tells Quill to hurry up. He amends she won't miss him.
When Thor finds Sif, she's missing an arm after her fight against Gorr, and she tells him to leave her to die a warrior's death to get to Valhalla. Thor reminds her that since she survived, it wouldn't count.
Sif: Shit! Thor: Perhaps your arm is in Valhalla.
The simple fact that New Asgard has become a resort town, complete with a golf course and three luxury liners.
Seeing Mjölnir being in a pedestal where it got dropped by Hela after being shattered and in the original layout with the ground underneath. It seems the ground under it was lifted up and encased in the display stand. Clearly the ground is not quite worthy, similar to the Elevator. Or, even better, the ground around the hammer was dug away to put the hammer at a more observable height, since it's impossible to move.
A blink-and-you-miss-it moment during the montage of Thor and Jane's life before the breakup reveals that Thor has named Nick Fury's contact "Nick Furry" on his phone.
Aside from the usual boardroom stuff, Valkyrie's duties as king seem to include filming commercials for Old Spice and cutting the ribbon at a touristy ice cream stand themed around the Infinity Gauntlet. The last one is especially gauche, as the damn thing brought Asgard to the edge of extinction, losing half of their already devastated population when Thanos invaded the Statesman to get the Space Stone and then losing half of that during the Snap (confirmed byWord of God). The idea that they're that desperate for revenue is so tragic it's hilarious.
Later in the film, Valkyrie claims she’s bored having to do king duties and commercials and wants real excitement in battle. This is doubly funny considering Marvel put out a real commercial with Allstate where Valkyrie seemingly is pleased that insurance allows her less crime-fighting and more time to relax, but the film implies that Valkyrie was lying through her teeth during that ad.
During the battle in New Asgard against the shadow beasts, Valkyrie arrives... wearing an old T-shirt and sweatpants. These are pretty clearly her pajamas.
Once again, events from a previous movie are re-enacted by the same Asgardian drama group.
This time around, it's Odin's death and Hela's arrival, both completed with atrocious practical effects, such as Odin's death being reenacted by having him be sprinkled with gold glitter and the actor crouching down to hide behind a prop which is dragged offscreen by a visible stagehand. And the tourists weep at the tragedy.
Just the fact that Hela is portrayed by Melissa McCarthy, who hams it up the moment she steps foot on stage in a way that would make Rita Repulsa proud.
Remember that these aren't humans playing Asgardians, they're actual Asgardians, who should have access to, y'know, magic to make the special effects a little better. Apparently the Asgardians with no magical talent become actors.
The presence of the Asgardian drama group is also hilarious with the implications that not only did they survive the destruction of Asgard, but they also survived Thanos' attack during Infinity War.
After New Asgard's children are abducted, the actors immediately go up to Valkyrie to ask if she wants them to put on a play about that event. She just glares at them, not even dignifying this with a response — only for them to say to themselves that she didn't outright say no, and begin brainstorming their next play.
Thor tries to summon the newly reforged Mjölnir by whistling and calling for it like a dog.
Thor, not realizing Mighty Thor is Jane, gets upset at her stealing not only his hammer but also his look. Mid-battle, he pauses to swap his darker armor for a glitzy blue-gold set, complete with face-covering helmet to rival Jane's. And then he gives another surge of lightning to make sure his helmet's wings are bigger than hers. This later backfires on him when they finally talk, as the over-elaborate helmet gets in the way of his face, forcing him to finally ditch it.
Add to that - When Thor asks Valkyrie about her he refers to her as "the new guy" (not realizing then). Valkyrie's response? "That guy? Oh you're going to love that guy".
Jane does a lame Catchphrase and flies off. Valkyrie winces.
Thor: Is that a new thing? Valkyrie: She's working on it. She's still new. Thor: How many catch phrases have there been? Valkyrie: There have been a lot of catch phrases.
This comes up again in Omnipotence City where Jane starts excitedly talking with Thor about her catchphrase, sounding more like a giddy teenager than an astrophysicist.
While the Asgardians are arguing in the town hall, one exclaims half of their warriors are dead. Another instantly responds half of them are always dead.
Thor is shown enviously eyeing Jane with Mjölnir and tries to coax the hammer to return to him while whispering "Come to Daddy." The very picture of a jealous lover catching their significant other making eyes at an ex, Stormbreaker slowly levitates past Thor and turns to point its axe-blade at his face, and Thor quickly says he was calling for it instead.
While Thor tries to assure the parents that their children will be found, Miek writes his speech in pictograms on a whiteboard. Thor tells her to cut it out because the sound of her writing is very distracting.
She's not just writing the speech, she's got the whole plot of the film on that board. Including events that haven't happened yet!
Thor conjures the Bifrost to rescue the children, blasting a hole through the townhall roof over Valkyrie's objections. And then he crashlands into a monument a short walk from the townhall and starts arguing with Stormbreaker.
Jane tries the same thing shortly after, only to walk back in and sheepishly admit she has no idea where to go.
Heimdall's son manages to use the power he inherited from his father to contact New Asgard. However, the conversation gets sidetracked because the kid insists he no longer wants to go by Astrid, his given name, and that he should be called "Axl" (of Guns N' Roses fame) instead. Thor is aghast that the boy would reject such a strong Viking name. (Astrid is traditionally a female name, at least on Earth.)
As Thor, Jane, Korg, and Valkyrie prepare to set off for Omnipotence City, Valkyrie insists on only loading essentials onto the boat they'll travel in. The essentials turn out to be whole lot of booze, which she proceeds to drink throughout the movie, and a snack bar. She also brings a device that Jane mistakes for a hand grenade at first, but it turns out to be a music player. She and Jane bob their heads to Mary J. Blige's "Family Affair".
As they leave New Asgard, Thor gives one last Rousing Speech.
Thor: We will bring the children back, and then, we shall feast! Asgardians:[cheer] Thor: Not on the children. We don't do that any more. Asgardians:[immediately sober] Thor: No, that was a dark, shameful part of our history...
Stormbreaker becomes increasingly jealous when Thor attempts to reconnect with Mjölnir, among others refusing to work properly or accusingly arriving when Thor is trying to call Mjölnir.
At Omnipotence City...
There are a range of unusual gods, such as one who's an anthropomorphic bao bun, or the god of the Kronans, who sits on a throne made of scissors.
The Kronan god sitting on a throne of scissors also puts Korg's rock-paper-scissors joke in Thor: Ragnarok in a different light — in-universe, is this a religious reference? Does Hell for the Kronans somehow involve paper? Even funnier is that the throne of scissors looks pretty similar to the Iron Throne.
Thor is very excited to meet Zeus — Thor is the God of Thunder, Zeus is the God of Lightning; Thor kind of based his entire thing on Zeus. Jane seriously says that when he asks for an army, he should lead with that.
In this scene, Thor also wonders if Zeus will be willing to help them defeat Gorr, only for Zeus to begin announcing a prize for the god who has received the most human sacrifices and talking about their plans for an upcoming orgy.
When Zeus approaches Thor, he steps down from his platform in the most flamboyant way possible, even holding up his toga like a skirt as he makes his way down the stairs.
Zeus tries to put on an impressive display of his moves with his weapon, but he just looks silly due to it being simple trick moves relying on his bolt for the actual awe. Also the fact that he did this long display, making it look like he was about to say yes to Thor’s request by showing a badass display of skill like many action hero characters would, just to jovially shout “No!” to Thor’s request to use Thunderbolt.
For extra humor, Zeus ends up being an accidental mentor by showing the capabilities of Thunderbolt just to show off, flex and say “no!”.
Zeus holds Thor in an arena and uses his power to try and flick off Thor's hood. However, he accidentally flicks off Thor's entire robe, leaving all of Thor's... divine splendor, in full view of all those assembled. Cue most of Zeus's entourage — men and women alike — fainting at the sight. Even the guards wobble a bit.
The simple fact that Zeus' Fanservice Extras are credited as "Zeusettes" and "Pretty Boys" in the credits reel.
Seen in the online trailer, the shot of Thor's full-body nudity from behind necessitated a mosaic censor on Thor's rear. It would have made more sense to just keep that shot out of the trailer, but this is definitely funnier.
After Zeus removed Thor's disguise and, by extension, Thor's clothes, he comments that he will do the same to Korg, Jane and Valkyrie. They immediately ditch their disguises to avoid the same fate.
Russell Crowe does an attempt at an accent for Zeus that's absolutely hilarious. It sounds like a bizarre mix of stereotypical Greek and Italian (fitting, considering his origins).
Among Thor's tattoos on his back is a list of the loved ones he lost. After Loki's name, there's a question mark. Thor still can't be sure whether Loki's death was real.
As the team flees Omnipotence City, a pair of Celestials are shown looking through a window and ducking out of the way of the Goat Boat.
What's more, the implication that the Celestials, the indifferent maintainers of the natural flow of life and energy in the universe for its survival partake in Omnipotence City's hedonism.
In a bit of Black Comedy, Gorr appears to the abducted children when they're telling a story about Thor decapitating Thanos, and summons a shadow monster, whose head he then rips off with his bare hands. When his audience shrieks in terror, he dryly says that they seemed to like the other decapitation story better. The best part is that he's right — he's clearly channeling his experience as a father, and would definitely be doing a good job calming and entertaining the children if not for the fact that he kidnapped them all and has trapped them in a cage made of spikes.
Thor's comment to Gorr when Gorr demands Thor to give him Stormbreaker so he can access the Bifrost:
Thor speaks to the kidnapped children, reassuring them that a rescue is imminent. However, Valkyrie decides to mess with him by tickling his nose with her hair, causing him to sniffle and rub his nose as he tries to stifle a sneeze to the confusion of the children, who can't see what Val is doing.
When Thor explains he killed Zeus, he says that's why you should never meet your heroes. Several of the children, who obviously view Thor as their hero, look confused.
While Thor and Jane finally come clean and reignite their relationship, the scene cuts to Valkyrie holding a microphone so Korg can sing the ribald love song his father used to seduce his other father.
The boat arrives at the planetoid in the Shadow Realm, tensions builds... and then it crashes headlong into the surface and the goats start screaming again.
What makes this extra funny is how utterly jarring it is. The planetoid looks like any normal large planet and the boat far from making a landing... until the crash happens and the audience is forced to realize they've been staring at a Baby Planet the whole time.
It may be a Sad Clown moment, but Thor ripping apart a vending machine and then raiding it for snacks for Jane while declaring that "some moron made a fridge without a door" is definitely worth a laugh.
During the final battle, Thor shares the Power of Thor with the Asgardian/alien children. This allows one of them to shoot lightning bolts out of her stuffed toy's eyes. To ensure that the kids' powers are only temporary, he quickly exclaims "For a limited time only" like an ad during the enchantment.
Just the kid holding up her toy while the rest of them have found some kind of Improvised Weapon.
Before enchanting the weapons and stuffed rabbit, Thor barks "Present arms!" in the exact same tone as a drill instructor.
Thor's expression while he's making the enchantment temporary just screams "Yeah better make sure this doesn't stick because that's one headache we are not dealing with."
Some of the children's ways of using the Power of Thor are just hilarious to see. The girl with the stuffed rabbit is just screaming the whole time as she blasts apart monsters. Another girl creates a ribbon of lightning to wrap around a monster while skipping around with a smile like she's just playing at the park.
At the end of the movie, Love is revealed to retain a trace of Eternity's power, allowing her to fire Eye Beams at Thor when he tells her to put on proper boots. There's also some comedy in how they're arguing over breakfast like any regular family preparing for school... except that this breakfast comes before the two of them fighting an alien army, where she ends up carrying Stormbreaker, which is taller than she is.
Made all the funnier by the fact that Love is played by Chris Hemsworth's daughter India.
And Thor is still getting small things about Earth culture wrong, like conflating the words "pancakes" and "flapjacks".
Ironically, this is not even that uncommon among earth citizens!
Love gave Mjölnir its own "bed", a shoe box with lining like it's a doll. She also felt it looked boring, so she painted a face on one side and tied tassles to its grip. Thor notes the paint isn't coming off and goes into battle with his decorated hammer.
The first person Jane meets upon reaching Valhalla in The Stinger is none other than Heimdall, who casually remarks "I see you're dead now." The matter-of-fact way he says it combined with Idris Elba's signature baritone make for a chuckleworthy moment in an otherwise touching scene.
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